1990 Houston Oilers season

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1990 Houston Oilers season
Owner Bud Adams
General manager Mike Holovak
Head coach Jack Pardee
Home field Houston Astrodome
Results
Record9–7
Division place2nd AFC Central
Playoff finishLost Wild Card Playoffs
(at Bengals) 14–41
Uniform
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The 1990 Houston Oilers season was the 31st season and their 21st in the National Football League (NFL). The Oilers scored 405 points which ranked second in the AFC and second overall in the NFL. Their defense gave up 307 points. During the season, the Oilers appeared once on Monday Night Football and defeated the Buffalo Bills. On December 16, 1990, Warren Moon threw for 527 yards in a game against the Kansas City Chiefs. Moon was part of the Oilers "Run and shoot" era. The run and shoot offense also incorporated teammates Ernest Givins, Drew Hill, Haywood Jeffires and Curtis Duncan. The 1990 season saw the Oilers appear in the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season. They finished tied for first in the AFC Central with the Cincinnati Bengals and Pittsburgh Steelers, as all three teams finished with identical 9–7 records. The Bengals would be awarded the division title by having a better division record than Houston or Pittsburgh. The Oilers would win the tiebreaker over the Steelers by having a better division record than them. This placed them in second place behind Cincinnati, who would turn out to be their playoff opponent. However, they would have to play their playoff game without Moon, who dislocated his thumb two weeks before the season ended when he hit his thumb on the helmet of defender James Francis. [1] Cody Carlson was tapped to start in what became his only career playoff start. As a result, the Oilers were embarrassed by the Bengals 41-14 in the wild card game, in what was Cincinnati's last playoff win until 2021, being outgained 349-226 in total yards and committing 2 turnovers in the defeat.

Contents

Offseason

NFL draft

1990 Houston Oilers draft
RoundPickPlayerPositionCollegeNotes
115 Lamar Lathon  *  Linebacker Houston
      Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

[2]

Personnel

Staff

1990 Houston Oilers staff

Front office

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

  • Special Teams – Richard Smith

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and Rehabilitation – Steve Watterson


Roster

1990 Houston Oilers roster
Quarterbacks (QB)

Running backs (RB)

Wide receivers (WR)

Tight ends (TE)


 Offensive linemen (OL)

Defensive linemen (DL)

 Linebackers (LB)

Defensive backs (DB)

Special teams

Practice squad


47 active, 5 inactive, 4 practice squadReserved


Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendance
1September 9at Atlanta Falcons L 27–470–1 Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium 56,222
2September 16at Pittsburgh Steelers L 9–200–2 Three Rivers Stadium 54,814
3September 23 Indianapolis Colts W 24–101–2 Astrodome 50,093
4September 30at San Diego Chargers W 17–72–2 Jack Murphy Stadium 48,762
5October 7 San Francisco 49ers L 21–242–3Astrodome59,931
6October 14 Cincinnati Bengals W 48–173–3Astrodome53,501
7October 21 New Orleans Saints W 23–104–3Astrodome57,908
8October 28 New York Jets L 12–174–4Astrodome56,337
9November 4at Los Angeles Rams L 13–174–5 Anaheim Stadium 52,628
10 Bye
11November 18at Cleveland Browns W 35–235–5 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 76,726
12November 26 Buffalo Bills W 27–246–5Astrodome60,130
13December 2at Seattle Seahawks L 10–13 (OT)6–6 Kingdome 57,592
14December 9 Cleveland Browns W 58–147–6Astrodome54,469
15December 16at Kansas City Chiefs W 27–108–6 Arrowhead Stadium 61,756
16December 23at Cincinnati Bengals L 20–408–7 Riverfront Stadium 60,044
17December 30 Pittsburgh Steelers W 34–149–7Astrodome56,906

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

AFC Central
WLTPCTDIVCONFPFPASTK
(3) Cincinnati Bengals 970.5635–18–4360352W2
(6) Houston Oilers 970.5634–28–4405307W1
Pittsburgh Steelers 970.5632–46–6292240L1
Cleveland Browns 3130.1881–52–10228462L2

Playoffs

AFC Wild Card

Cincinnati Bengals 41, Houston Oilers 14
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Oilers007714
Bengals101014741

at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati

Awards and records

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References

  1. ↑ "Oilers' Carlson gets shot at stardom--just like Reich".
  2. ↑ "1990 Houston Oilers draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
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